# Anne Hathaway to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/anne-hathaway-to-receive-american-riviera-award-at-santa-barbara-international-film-festival/
- Published: 2026-11-11T18:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T20:13:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/anne-hathaway-to-receive-american-riviera-award-1236944527/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Anne Hathaway will receive the American Riviera Award on 5 February.
- The festival is recognising her role in “The Odyssey”.
- The Santa Barbara festival runs from 3 to 13 February.

## Summary

Anne Hathaway will receive the American Riviera Award at the 42nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival, with an in-person tribute and conversation on 5 February. The award recognises significant contributions to American cinema, and Hathaway is being honoured for playing Penelope in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”.

Festival executive director Roger Durling praised Hathaway’s versatility and described her performance as emotionally complex. She also appeared in several other films this year, including “Mother Mary” and “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, and is due to return as Mia Thermopolis in “The Princess Diaries 3”. The festival runs from 3 to 13 February, with other tributes, screenings, filmmaker discussions and industry panels.

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